Multi-Touch Laptop Demonstrated

Microsoft Research Cambridge’s Steve Hodges has demonstrated the multi-touch laptop, which enables the use of more than one finger to interact with content shown on notebook’s display.

For example, you can easily stretch or reduce the size of images or rotate them by using two fingers. The infrared electronics, located behind the screen of this modified notebook, also provides the ability to pick up infrared signals from a standard remote controller.

The multi-touch technologies are also used in the upcoming Apple iPhone, as well as in the Microsoft’s Surface.

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